Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers ad Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a higher offering today. Field work and harvesting of crops is good so many cattle were offered at higher weighted averages.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	90.95	1,321	205
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,271	83.30	1,059	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,202	74.30	893	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,359	112.35	1,527	173
Heifers	Select	Average	917	109.31	1,002	9thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,314	108.22	1,422	60
Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	112.36	1,594	133
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,315	108.15	1,422	54
Steers	Select	Average	1,400	95.46	1,337	46

Every lot, as filed

11 lots · USDA AMS · Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Choice	—	1,359	112.35/cwt	111.00–113.75	1,527	173
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	112.36/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,594	133
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,314	108.22/cwt	101.00–110.50	1,422	60
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	917	109.31/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,002	9
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,271	83.30/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,059	14
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,202	74.30/cwt	70.00–77.00	893	12
Dairy Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,459	91.56/cwt	90.00–94.25	1,336	167
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,425	88.25/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,258	38
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,315	108.15/cwt	101.00–110.75	1,422	54
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,112	106.96/cwt	98.00–114.00	1,189	7
Steers	Select	—	1,452	93.40/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,356	39

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	1,359	111.00–113.75	112.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,314	101.00–110.50	108.22
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	917	101.00–114.00	109.31
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,419	111.00–114.00	112.36
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,315	101.00–110.75	108.15
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,112	98.00–114.00	106.96
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,452	90.00–100.00	93.40
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,271	80.00–85.00	83.30
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,202	70.00–77.00	74.30
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	1,459	90.00–94.25	91.56
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,425	86.00–89.00	88.25

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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